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Win reading group copies of A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

Ingenious, gripping, and powerful, A Great Reckoning is the spellbinding novel from number one bestseller, Louise Penny, and we’ve got five sets of reading group copies to give away…

‘Louise Penny’s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling. She is an original voice, a distillation of both PD James and Barbara Vine at their peaks and a worthy successor to both’
Peter James

‘Full of twists and turns’
Kate Mosse

Louise Penny is the recipient of virtually every existing award for crime fiction and the number one New York Times bestselling author of the brilliant Inspector Gamache thrillers.

To celebrate the publication of Louise Penny’s A Great Reckoning in paperback, we’ve got five sets of reading group copies to give-away. To enter, email the contact details below and five groups will be chosen at random. We’d love to know what the winning groups think and would like to hear your views, please do email your group thoughts and share on Goodreads/Amazon and/or Twitter.

Former Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of the Sûreté Academy, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife throughout the force. But when a former colleague and professor of the Sûreté Academy is found murdered, with a mysterious map of Three Pines in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him.

When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to the village of Three Pines, where a series of shattering secrets are poised to be revealed . . .

Evocative and atmospheric, this magnificent work of crime fiction will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

Closes 1st December 2017

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